Chapter 730 : Chapter 360: Hunting down Sun Ce (2)
Pursuing the enemy is likely to encounter an ambush. If the pursuer encounters an ambush, the entire army will be annihilated.
But on the other hand, retreat is also very dangerous for returning troops. Many generals are cautious when retreating.
I'm just afraid of enemy pursuit.
In history, there are not a few armies that were defeated by pursuing troops.[
Therefore, how to retreat is a very important issue for Sun Ce. After all, after adding Cheng Pu's army, his army has reached 35,000 troops.
If this 35,000-strong army were spread out, it would be like a long dragon.
Sun Ce's arrangement for the returning army was divided into three parts. First, Taishi Ci and Pan Zhang were in the front as the vanguard. Secondly, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Han Dang, Huang Gai and others were in the center.
Sun Ce, together with Cheng Pu, led the most elite three thousand troops to personally cut off the rear.
However, even after making such preparations, Sun Ce and Cheng Pu were not mentally prepared to fight Lu Su again.
Perhaps this is the arrogance of a strong man.
Sun Ce and Cheng Pu relied on their strong power. They attacked Liu Xun. Although they were blocked by Lu Su, their power was still there. If they wanted to leave, Lu Su should be eager to do so.
It's unlikely that I'll pursue him. That's the mentality.
"Wu Hou, although we did not achieve all the goals in this battle, we also achieved certain results. We occupied nearly a hundred cities north of the Yangtze River, and almost three-quarters of Huainan. It can be said that we are a small force.
We have gained something. However, there may be greater losses in the matter of moving the government." At the end of the break, because he did not expect that there would be pursuers coming, Cheng Pu was a little distracted, and he talked to Sun Ce.
The current situation in Jiangdong.
There is a lot of political objection to moving the administrative seat. The administrative seat moved from Wu County to Shouchun, which means that Sun Ce's power is constantly moving north to gain advantage.
From Jiangdong, which is located south of the Yangtze River, we moved to Yangzhou.
This is a symbol of prosperity. It must be done, but the problem is that relocation requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and may also cause complaints from the people below.
However, if their power is growing and they move into Shouchun, these are within the acceptable range. But the problem is that they started to move to govern the country before they conquered Shouchun.
Now that Shouchun has not been able to conquer it, the move of the government has been postponed, and manpower and material resources have been lost. This part of the loss is really a big loss for Jiangdong, whose finances are not very good.
"Oh, this is all because Gu Tai underestimated Lu Su. He thought that even if Lu Su intervened, it would be very easy for Gu Tai to unify Yangzhou. However, he suffered a small loss and failed to gain longevity." Sun Ce heard this.
I also felt distressed and sighed.
"Sigh. If the old minister had given me more advice, this result would not have happened." Cheng Pu also felt guilty and said.
"If you don't blame Mr. Cheng, I can only blame Gu." Sun Ce said quickly.
Both of them were blaming themselves, but at this moment, a fast horse rushed over from behind. "Report to Marquis Wu, the spies from the rear have discovered Lu Su's pursuers. They are very close to us."
"What?" Sun Ce yelled. Cheng Pu's expression was also very ugly. This was completely unexpected. That guy Lu Su actually came after him.[
Immediately afterwards, a bad feeling arose in Sun Ce's heart. He was completely unprepared. He really was completely unprepared.
However, Sun Ce is young and energetic after all, and he has seen big scenes. Even if he is completely unprepared, I have five thousand elite soldiers, so I am not afraid of any pursuit.
"Lu Su, you really underestimated Gu, so I cut off your pursuers and beat you to the point of death." Sun Ce yelled as his blood surged up in his chest.
"Line up to meet the enemy." Cheng Pu saw this and gave the order.
The five thousand Jiangdong soldiers who were behind them suddenly stopped and began to form a formation to meet the enemy.